RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - THOMAS KIDNER / KIDNEY FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1764 - d. ?? Thomas was tried at Bristol in the county of Gloucestershire on the 30th of October 1782 for stealing Irish linen worth 120 shillings. Thomas was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. Thomas' occupation was not recorded. In July 1789, Thomas received 150 lashes for buying 'necessaries' from a marine.